Trip to Utah

Mark had some interviews in Utah so we went along for the ride. We were able to play a little bit.
This is the girls trying out things when we were Christmas shopping We went to a Hockey Game. Can you see how busy it was? I think we brought the crowd total up to 50. We got there a little early, and kept waiting for more people to come. . . and waiting . . .

The girls did NOT like the LOUD train horn noise each time they scored.

We made Ginger Bread Houses (foam ones)

Maissie's turned out great. I am not sure what happened to Jens' but it was cute too.

We stayed at Little America, which had a pool- huge hit. Maissie was able to try out her little water dog she got for her birthday.

Maissie only wanted she to be in the picture- but notice the extra arms :)

We stopped by Temple Square. It was cold, and the girls were hungry. Jens did not last. Mark had to take her to get food. But the rest of us checked it all out.

Maissie was a little sad, cold and hungry

But she cheered up.

Once again Sam was so good to help out. Little Mac had to wear Jens hat- real men wear pink.

Mark and I were lucky enough to go to dinner with Jim and Kathleen. Jim was at a dental conference in SLC. The food was super! Sam was awesome and stayed with the cranky kids.

Soul Rebel Alliance

My Mom and I did a marathon trip to Cali last weekend. We left on Sat. night after my cousin Jordan's wedding and came back after Arthur's show on Sunday evening. But, it was totally worth it. Arthur was awesome!! you should really check em out:
http://www.myspace.com/soulrebelalliance
We met up with Sam and Dia who were already in Cali on a little vacay.

This is the first set they played. The set was mostly Frame of Mind stuff. We met some of Arthur's groupies. It was great. The music was awesome!! Then the boys from Off White joined in for a song. (recognize the curly hair dude? he was on American Idol)

Frame of Mind + Off White = Soul Rebel Alliance aka the headliners for the Street Fiesta

We had such a good time! (I know, the pouch has arrived!)
This is the boys on the main stage

Check out the crowd!!

Good times in Roosevelt

Canoe

We took the canoe out to Sand Wash one day. This is the 5 min canoe ride. I guess the girls didn't think it was as cool as I thought they would.

Uncle Dave was so nice to go swimming in the cold water with MJ. She had such a great time.
Jens didn't think it was that great. I think she cried, screamed, or whined the entire time.
Sam was a good sport though. He and Max :)

Utarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Grandma took us to some friends house/farm to see their great animals! It was very entertaining :)

Look- It is donkey from Shrek!
Feeding the goats

This was the highlight for me. Meet Ranger the llama. And he likes to give kisses. Too freakn funny.

Jens wanted to take this pony home. She sat on him for ever and was pretty upset when we had to move on.
This was the pony's baby. It was so cute, and the size of a large dog.


We also saw birds, bunnies, baby bunnies, horses, more goats, guinea pigs, chickens, roosters, and a colt. But if you ask MJ (and all she would talk about) the only thing that she thought was great was three little puppies.

Trip to Grandma and Grandpa's

We escaped the heat and went to Utah to visit the Grandparents. Mark had to stay and work, so the best brother you can imagine (Sammy my Manny) went with me (I think it really was in the best interest of the kids lives).

The girls had so much fun! They painted


Picked rasberries

Ok, Jens just ate them

Made hollyhock dolls
And that was just the first day!

Arches

Here are some more pictures of our trip

MOAB!!!

We spent most of the week in Moab and it was A W E S O M E!! We had so much fun camping and eating, and Rhino-ing and Biking. But the best part was Mandy, Matt, Keller and Landon.

The Fair

We went to the county fair in the big town (how big does it have to be to be considered a town?) of Logandale. We had quite the crowd (Great Grandma Kathryn, Jennifer, Grandma Lemon, Dave, Sam, Mark, Jessie, MJ and Jensyn) and I thought it was super. I love to see all the animals esp the little piglets. This year we were able to get super close and touch them. I even let one nibble my finger. But, like most things, WAY more cute as babies. Jens got a huge kick out of the goats and sheep. (more pictures to come, I have to get them from Sam)
MJ thought the rides that went around in a circle were awesome.Notice the little girl's face behind her? Apparently they had extreme face painting. MJ and that little girl had quite the conversation before the ride started. No idea what about, but they were talking pretty seriously.This is a picture of the beginning of a sugar crash/no sleep breakdown. Don't worry it got worse. But we all made it home safe :).